10-Story Book, February 1928 — page 37: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a page of story prose from "The South Sea Island Number" (page 35). The text describes a conversation between two men, Kavanagh and Bruch, where Bruch offers to help Kavanagh travel inland toward the Barito River to search for orchids. The narrative then shifts to recount a strange incident in Kavanagh's hotel room—he experiences a sickening odor and a scarlet film over his eyes before collapsing. A hotel proprietor assists him and moves him to another room. The passage concludes by noting that Kavanagh's subsequent journey inland took nearly a month, during which he traveled largely alone.